They will take the children of the good parents to the crèche, and those of the inferior parents, or any child of the good parents that is born deformed, they will hide away in some secret and unknown place, as they should.
— Plato Ancient

Philosopher, The Republic

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Plato's Republic V, 460c, describing infanticide for the 'unfit'

Date / Period

c. 375 BCE

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Shocking

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